| 2025 Dakar Rally | |
| Championship: | Dakar Rally |
| Previous Round: | 2024 Dakar Rally |
| Next Round: | 2026 Dakar Rally |
| Country: | Saudi Arabia |
| Start: | Bisha |
| Finish: | Shubaytah |
| Startdate: | 3 |
| Enddate: | 17 January 2025 |
| Stages: | 12 |
| Surface: | Sand, rocks, gravel, tarmac |
The 2025 Dakar Rally is a rally raid event to be held in Saudi Arabia.
It will be the 47th edition of the Dakar Rally, organized by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), and the 6th time Saudi Arabia has hosted the event. The event will take place between 3 and 17 January 2025.[1] [2]
The grand presentation and the outline of the race route took place on 18 May 2024 in Les Comes, targeting French and Spanish audience. The promo tour continued to South Africa, Italy, Mexico / USA, Argentina, Czech Republic, and the Netherlands.[3]
This year the route will start at Bisha, cross the Empty Quarter, and will finish in Shubaytah. Race format consists of 14 days of racing, divided into 12 stages. There will be a 48-hour "chrono" marathon stage, covering 950km. Five stages will feature separate routes for cars and bikes. There will be one mass start stage. The organizers promised more navigation, the detailed stages will be revealed later in 2024. Dakar Future Mission 1000 category for vehicles with alternative zero-emission or hybrid drives has been also confirmed.[4]
In November 2024 ASO announced the list of competitors.
| Stage | Bikes | Cars | Challenger(T3) | SSV(T4) | Trucks | Total | Classic Cars | Classic Trucks | Total Dakar Classic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry list | 136 | 67 | 54 | 51 | 45 | 353 | 76 | 19 | 95 | |
| At start line | ||||||||||
| Rest day | ||||||||||
| Finished |
| Bikes | Cars | Challenger | SSV | Trucks | Classic Cars | Classic Trucks | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class | Description | Class | Description | Class | Description | Class | Description | Class | Description | Description | Class | Description | Class | |
| RallyGP | FIM World Rally-Raid Championship, Moto Rally | T1.+Ultimate | Prototype Cross-Country Cars 4x4 | T3.1 | Lightweight Prototype Cross-Country Vehicles | T4 | Modified Production Cross-Country Side-by-Side | T5.1 | Prototype and Production Cross-Country Trucks | -86 Low Average | TBC | -86 Low Average | TBC | |
| Rally2 | FIM World Rally-Raid Cup, Moto Rally (up to 450cc) | T1.1Ultimate | Prototype Cross-Country Cars 4x4 | T5.2 | Race Service Trucks | -86 Intermediate Average | TBC | -86 Moderate Average | TBC | |||||
| T1.2Ultimate | Prototype Cross-Country Cars 4x2 | -86 Moderate Average | TBC | 87-96 Low Average | TBC | |||||||||
| T2.1Stock | Production Cross-Country Cars | 87-96 Low Average | TBC | 87-96 Moderate Average | TBC | |||||||||
| 87-96 Intermediate Average | TBC | +97 Moderate Average | TBC | |||||||||||
| 87-96 Moderate Average | TBC | |||||||||||||
| 87-96 High Average | TBC | |||||||||||||
| +97 Intermediate Average | TBC | |||||||||||||
| +97 Moderate Average | TBC | |||||||||||||
| +97 High Average | TBC | |||||||||||||
Note
– The "Dakar Legends" - competitors that participated in 10 or more Dakar events.
– The first time starters - "rookies".
– Competitors that were not able to start the race.
– Competitors participating in "Original by Motul" — limited assistance marathon class.
VJW – Subclasses for Veteran, Junior, Women.
| No. | Driver | Bike | Team | Class | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ross Branch | Hero Motosports Team Rally | RallyGP | ||
| 2 |  Daniel Sanders | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | RallyGP | ||
| 3 | Monster Energy Honda HRC | RallyGP | |||
| 4 | Honda CRF 450 Rally | Monster Energy Honda HRC | RallyGP | ||
| 5 |  Skyler Howes | Honda CRF 450 Rally | Monster Energy Honda HRC | RallyGP | |
| 6 |  | Hero 450 Rally | Hero Motorsports Team Rally | RallyGP | |
| 7 |  Bradley Cox | KTM 450 Rally Replica | BAS World KTM Racing Team | RallyGP | |
| 8 |  Martin Michek | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Orion - Moto Racing Group | RallyGP | |
| 9 |  Sebastian Bühler | Hero 450 Rally | Hero Motosports Team Rally | RallyGP | |
| 15 |  Lorenzo Santolino | Sherco Rally Factory | RallyGP | ||
| 17 |  Mohammed Balooshi | Fantic XEF Rally 450 Factory | Fantic Racing Rally Team | RallyGP | |
| 19 |  Rui Goncalves | Sherco 450 SEF Rally | Sherco Rally Factory | RallyGP | |
| 24 | Aaron Mare | HT Rally Raid | RallyGP | ||
| 30 | Antonio Maio | Franco Sport Yamaha Racing Team | RallyGP | ||
| 42 | Honda CRF 450 Rally | Monster Energy Honda HRC | RallyGP | ||
| 47 | KTM 450 Rally Factory | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | RallyGP | ||
| 54 |  Daniel Nosiglia Jager | Rieju 450 Rally Replica | Rieju-pedregà Team | RallyGP | |
| 68 | Tosha Schareina | Honda CRF 450 Rally | Monster Energy Honda HRC | RallyGP | |
| 77 | KTM 450 Rally Factory | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | RallyGP | ||
| 98 | Mason Klein | Kove 450 Rally | Kove | RallyGP | |
| 142 | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Slovnaft Rally Team | RallyGP | ||
| 16 |  Romain Dumontier | Honda CRF 450 | Honda HRC | Rally2 | |
| 18 | Jan Brabec | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Stojrent Racing | Rally2 | |
| 20 | Sherco 450 SEF Rally | Sherco Rally Factory | Rally2 | ||
| 21 | Mathieu Doveze | KTM 450 Rally Replica | BAS World KTM Racing Team | Rally2 | |
| 22 | Michael Docherty | KTM 450 Rally Replica | BAS World KTM Racing Team | Rally2 | |
| 23 | Jacob Argubright | Honda CRF 450 Rally | Rsmoto Honda Rally Team | Rally2 | |
| 25 |  Jerome Martiny | Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica | Anquety Motorsport | Rally2 | |
| 26 |  Konrad Dabrowski | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Duust Rally Team | Rally2J | |
| 27 |  Juan Puga | KTM 450 Rally Replica | KTM Jp1 Motorcycles | Rally2 | |
| 28 |  Toni Mulec | KTM 450 Rally Replica | BAS World KTM Racing Team | Rally2 | |
| 29 |  Paolo Lucci | Honda CRF 450 Rally | Rsmoto Honda Rally Team | Rally2 | |
| 31 | Jeremy Miroir | Fantic XEF 450 Rally Factory | Fantic Racing Rally Team | Rally2 | |
| 32 | David Casteu | Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica | Team Casteu Trophy | Rally2V | |
| 33 | Milan Engel | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Orion - Moto Racing Group | Rally2 | |
| 34 | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Autonet Motorcycle Team | Rally2 | ||
| 35 | Bruno Santos | Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica | Bs - Frutas Patricia Pilar | Rally2 | |
| 36 | Tommaso Montanari | Fantic XEF 450 Rally Factory | Fantic Racing Rally Team | Rally2 | |
| 38 | Eduardo Iglesias Sanchez | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Team Monforte Rally - Galicia | Rally2V | |
| 39 | Benjamin Melot | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Esprit KTM | Rally2 | |
| 40 | Martin Prokes | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Moto Racing Group | Rally2 | |
| 43 | Julien Dalbec | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Nomade Racing | Rally2 | |
| 44 | Josep Pedro Subirats | Rieju 450 Rally Replica | Rieju - Pedregà Team | Rally2 | |
| 45 |  Sunier Sunier | Kove 450 Rally | Supesunr Kove Team | Rally2 | |
| 48 | David Pabiska | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Sp Moto Bohemia | Rally2V | |
| 49 |  Juan Santiago Rostan | Xraids Experience | Rally2 | ||
| 50 |  James Hillier | Kove 450 Rally | Wtf Racing | Rally2 | |
| 51 | Rachid Al-lal Lahadil | Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica | Melilla Ciudad Del Deporte | Rally2V | |
| 52 | Marshall Meplon | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Solurent Racing | Rally2 | |
| 53 |  Thomas Kongshoj | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Joyride Race Service | Rally2 | |
| 55 | Zhang Min | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Da Hai Dao Zero Mileage Lubricant | Rally2V | |
| 56 | Zhao Hongyi | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Da Hai Dao Zero Mileage Lubricant | Rally2 | |
| 57 | Fang Xiangliang | Hoto Rally | Hoto Factory Racing | Rally2J | |
| 58 | Zakeer Yakefu | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Da Hai Dao Zero Mileage Lubricant | Rally2 | |
| 59 | Bartlomiej Tabin | Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica | Moto Racing Group (mrg) | Rally2V | |
| 60 | Arnaud Domet | Gas Gas 450 Rally Replica | Team Casteu Trophy | Rally2 | |
| 61 | Bertrand Domet | Gas Gas 450 Rally Replica | Team Casteu Trophy | Rally2 | |
| 62 | Andrew Joseph Houlihan | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Nomadas Adventure | Rally2V | |
| 63 | Jeremie Gerber | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Tld Racing | Rally2 | |
| 64 |  Alexandre Vaudan | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Team Casteu Trophy | Rally2 | |
| 65 | Guillaume Chollet | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Xraids Experience | Rally2 | |
| 66 | Neels Theric | Kove 450 Rally | Kove | Rally2 | |
| 69 |  Francisco Arredondo | KTM 450 Rally Replica | BAS World KTM Racing Team | Rally2V | |
| 70 |  Mishal Alghuneim | KTM 450 Replica | Cloudracing | Rally2 | |
| 71 |  Modestas Siliunas | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Flexit Go - AG Dakar School | Rally2 | |
| 72 | Philippe Gendron | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Nomade Racing | Rally2V | |
| 73 | Edgar Canet | KTM 450 Rally Replica | BAS World KTM Racing Team | Rally2J | |
| 74 | Michael Jacobi | Gas Gas 450 Rally Replica | Môleagriforest /maglandraceway | Rally2 | |
| 75 | Deng Liansong | Kove 450 Rally | Supesunr Kove Team | Rally2 | |
| 76 | Stéphane Darques | Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica | Motorbike Off Road Adventures Lyberty | Rally2V | |
| 78 | Lorenzo Maestromi | Honda CRF 450 Rally | Rsmoto Honda Rally Team | Rally2V | |
| 79 | Maxime Pouponnot | Fantic XEF 450 Rally Factory | Fantic Racing | Rally2 | |
| 80 | Abdulhalim Almogheera | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Haleem | Rally2 | |
| 81 | Cesare Zacchetti | Kove 450 Rally Ex | Team Kove Italia | Rally2V | |
| 82 | Andrea Winkler | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Motoclub Yashica | Rally2 | |
| 83 | Fabien Domas | Gas Gas 450 Rally Replica | Rs Concept | Rally2V | |
| 84 |  Vasileios Boudros | Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica | Dna Air Filters Racing Team- Enduro Greece | Rally2 | |
| 85 | Manuel Lucchese | Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica | Team Rebel x | Rally2 | |
| 86 | Charlie Herbst | Gas Gas RX 450 | Challenger Racing Team | Rally2 | |
| 87 |  Ehab Al Hakeem | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Desert Storm Racing | Rally2 | |
| 88 | Arunas Gelazninkas | Hoto Rally | Hoto Factory Racing | Rally2 | |
| 89 |  Francisco Alvarez Niño | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Joyride Race Service | Rally2 | |
| 90 |  Alvaro Iris Coppola Gutierrez | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Med Racing Team | Rally2V | |
| 91 | Mike Wiedemann | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Mike Wiedemann | Rally2 | |
| 92 | Jiri Broz | KTM 450 Rally Replica | BAS World KTM Racing Team | Rally2 | |
| 93 | Tiziano Interno | Honda CRF 450 Rally | Rally Pov | Rally2 | |
| 94 | Dusan Drdaj | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Cajdašrot | Rally2 | |
| 95 | Xavier Flick | Hoto Rally | Hoto Factory Racing | Rally2 | |
| 96 |  Tobias Ebster | KTM 450 Rally Replica | BAS World KTM Racing Team | Rally2 | |
| 97 | Jaromir Romancik | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Moto Racing Group (mrg) | Rally2 | |
| 99 | Javi Vega | Kove 450 Rally Ex | Pont Grup - Kove | Rally2 | |
| 100 | Sandra Gomez Cantero | Fantic XEF 450 Rally Factory | Fantic Racing Rally Team | Rally2W | |
| 101 | Iader Giraldi | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Zeranta | Rally2V | |
| 102 | Ignacio Sanchis | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Club Aventura Touareg | Rally2V | |
| 103 | Gediminas Satkus | KTM 450 Rally Replica | AG Dakar School - Dubai | Rally2 | |
| 104 | Simon Marcic | Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica | Team Marcic | Rally2 | |
| 105 | Jean-philippe Révolte | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Révolte Racing | Rally2 | |
| 106 |  Axel Mustad | Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica | HT Rally Raid | Rally2 | |
| 107 | Rafic Eid | GasGas Fantic 450 Rally Replica | Mx Academy | Rally2V | |
| 108 | Rieju Pedregá Team Marc Calmet Calveras | Rieju 450 Rally Replica | Rieju Pedregá Team | Rally2 | |
| 109 | Oscar Hernandez Panos | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Adec Competicio Total Team | Rally2 | |
| 110 | Juanjo Martinez Garcia | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Adec Competicio Total Team | Rally2 | |
| 111 | Justin Gerlach | KTM FR 450 Rally | Duust Rally Team | Rally2J | |
| 112 | Willem Avenant | Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica | HT Rally Raid | Rally2 | |
| 113 | Gad Nachmani | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Club Aventura Touareg | Rally2V | |
| 114 | Dwain Barnard | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Nomade Racing | Rally2 | |
| 115 | Mathieu Feuvrier | Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica | Nomade Racing | Rally2 | |
| 116 |  Jordan Strachan | Kove 450 Rally | Kove Canada | Rally2 | |
| 117 | Ottavio Missoni | Kove Rally 450 Ex | Team Kove Italia Lucky Explorer | Rally2 | |
| 118 |  Rolando Alfredo Martinez Paredes | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Xraids Experience | Rally2 | |
| 119 | Mykolas Paulavicius | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Joyride Race Service | Rally2 | |
| 120 | Jim Moisa | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Enduro Normandie | Rally2 | |
| 121 | Alexandre Yon | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Enduro Normandie | Rally2 | |
| 122 | Thomas Georgin | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Enduro Normandie | Rally2 | |
| 123 | Fabian Von Thuengen | Husqvarna FR450 | HT Rally Raid | Rally2 | |
| 124 | Badr Alhamdan | Kove 450 Rally | Desert Storm Racing | Rally2 | |
| 125 | Damien Bataller | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Team Db Racing | Rally2 | |
| 126 | Toby Hedericks | KTM 450 Rally Replica | BAS World KTM Racing Team | Rally2 | |
| 127 | Adam Peschel | Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica | Fesh Fesh | Rally2 | |
| 128 | Max Bianucci | Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica | Nomade Racing | Rally2 | |
| 129 |  Jatin Jain | Kove 450 Rally | Jatin Jain | Rally2V | |
| 130 | Nerimantas Jucius | Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica | HT Rally Raid | Rally2 | |
| 131 | Ahmed Aljaber | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Hleem | Rally2 | |
| 132 | Carlos Alfonso Malo Peña | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Med Racing Team | Rally2V | |
| 133 | Gines Belzunces Viudez | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Club Aventura Touareg | Rally2 | |
| 134 | Clément Artaud | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Team Rs Concept | Rally2 | |
| 135 | Benjamin Bourdariat | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Team Rs Concept | Rally2 | |
| 136 | Ferran Zaragoza Rosa | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Pedregà Team | Rally2 | |
| 137 | Yann Di Mauro | Honda CRF 450 Rally | Rsmoto Honda Rally Team | Rally2 | |
| 138 | Ivan Merichal Resina | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Casas Cube - Ártabros Rally | Rally2 | |
| 139 |  Salman Mohamed Humood Farhan | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Cloudracing | Rally2 | |
| 140 | Dennis Mildenberger | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Nomads Adventure | Rally2V | |
| 141 |  Murun Purevdorj | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Nomadas Adventure | Rally2 | |
| 143 | Robbie Wallace | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Xraids Experience | Rally2 | |
| 144 | Ashish Raorane | KTM 450 Rally Replica | Xraids Experience | Rally2 | |
| 148 | Tomas De Gavardo | Fantic XEF 450 Rally Factory | Fantic Racing Rally Team | Rally2 |